Cameron Watson

Cameron Watson won the Garland Award and an Ovation Award
nomination for directing the smash hit Trying at The Colony Theatre
in Burbank. He recently directed the first US production of the
newly revised Educating Rita at The Colony. He began his professional
career in New York studying acting with the legendary Herbert Berghof
at HB Studio and landed the starring role in the original production
of Horton Foote's The Widow Clair at Circle in the Square,
replacing Matthew Broderick.

Watson's debut feature film as a writer, director, and producer,
Our Very Own, stars Allison Janney, Jason Ritter, Cheryl Hines,
Mary Badham, Autumn Reeser, Faith Prince, Beth Grant and Keith Carradine,
and was picked up by Miramax Films. Ms. Janney received an
Independent Spirit Award nomination for her work in the film. The
movie won numerous awards at prestigious film festivals and is now
available on DVD.

Cameron directed the award-winning production at the Actor’s
Co-Op of Horton Foote’s The Habitation of Dragons and the
American stage premiere at the El Portal Theatre of Dodie Smith’s
I Capture the Castle, which received six Ovation nominations. He
directed a unique one-woman play by Natasha Wood called Rolling
with Laughter also at the El Portal. Natasha’s solo show,
based on her life in a wheelchair since birth, played the Edinburgh
Festival and Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West
End.

Cameron’s lengthy acting career includes leading roles at
the Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Portland Center Stage,
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and on many LA stages. His numerous
appearances in television and film include Grey’s Anatomy,
Bones, CSI: Miami, King of Queens, and Vanilla Sky. Cameron is currently
in development on two feature screenplays.